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Hardcover. Eleven essays by historians and sociologists examine cancer research and treatment as everyday practice in post-war Europe and North America. These are not stories of inevitable medical progress and obstacles overcome, but of historical contingencies, cultural differences, hope, and often disappointed expectations. Editor(s): Timmermann, Carsten; Toon, Elizabeth. Series: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History. Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; HBTB; MBGR; MBS; MBX; MJCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137272072
- ISBN
- 9781137272072
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Condition: New
€ 67.15
€ 67.15
Hardcover. This collection of case studies explains the pathways between development patterns, economic strategies, and violence in Latin America. Editor(s): Ascher, William; Mirovitskaya, Natalia S. Series: Pathways for Ecumenical and Interreligious Dialogue. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFFE; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 220 x 22. Weight in Grams: 472.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 298
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137272683
- ISBN
- 9781137272683
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.31
€ 67.31
Hardcover. This collection of ground-breaking articles examines problems romance presents in the American Western. Looking a range of films, this book offers readers important and challenging insights into the complicated nature of love and the versatile frontier narrative that address key social, political, and ethical components of the Western genre. Editor(s): Matheson, Sue. Num Pages: 259 pages, 16 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFN; APT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137272935
- ISBN
- 9781137272935
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. Varied perspectives on the development of planetary science and exploration during the Space Age. Editor(s): Launius, Roger D. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology. Num Pages: 390 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 706.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137273161
- ISBN
- 9781137273161
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Condition: New
€ 151.39
€ 151.39
Hardcover. This book makes an important contribution to the study of political communication. Its chapters analyse forms of media talk associated with contemporary political elections. Key topics include: changing forms of political interview, televised political debates, and the use of multimedia in promotional discourse. Editor(s): Tolson, Andrew; Ekstrom, Mats. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; JFCA; JFD; JP; UBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137273314
- ISBN
- 9781137273314
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.24
€ 67.24
Hardcover. This edited collection interprets and assesses the transformation of Brazil under the Workers' Party. It addresses the extent of the changes the Workers' Party has brought about and examines how successful these have been, as well as how continuity and social change in Brazil have affected key domains of economy, society, and politics. Editor(s): De Castro, Fabio; Koonings, Kees; Wiesebron, Marianne. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JM; JPL; JPQ; JPS; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137273802
- ISBN
- 9781137273802
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Condition: New
€ 67.24
€ 67.24
Hardcover. This book improves understandings of how and why clientelism endures in Latin America and why state policy is often ineffective. Political scientists and sociologists, the contributors employ ethnography, targeted interviews, case studies, within-case and regional comparison, thick descriptions, and process tracing. Editor(s): Hilgers, Tina. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137275981
- ISBN
- 9781137275981
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.07
€ 67.07
Hardcover. Occupying Political Science describes and analyzes the OWS movement from multiple political science perspectives rooted in the local context of lower Manhattan. Editor(s): Welty, Emily; Bolton, Matthew; Nayak, Meghana; Malone, Christopher, Jr. Num Pages: 297 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JMG; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137277398
- ISBN
- 9781137277398
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Condition: New
€ 67.24
€ 67.24
Hardcover. Current scholarship on Latin American historical fiction has failed to take feminism and postcolonialism into account. This study uses these important contemporary discourses as a starting point for a new definition of the Latin American historical novel that includes national identity, magical realism, historical intertextuality, and symbolism. Editor(s): Weldt-Basson, Helene Carol. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; DSA; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137277565
- ISBN
- 9781137277565
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Condition: New
€ 66.66
€ 66.66
Hardcover. This book demonstrates that the cooperative model is based on principles essential to building a more just and democratic society. It is argued that this is the best economic reform alternative to neoliberal capitalism and authoritarian socialism in Cuba, and that this model can also radically transform other economies around the world. Editor(s): Pineiro Harnecker, Camila. Num Pages: 363 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJC; KCD; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 364
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137277749
- ISBN
- 9781137277749
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Condition: New
€ 161.78
€ 161.78
Hardcover. Ranging from conceptual theater to visual poetry the New York School explored the possibilities of collaboration like no other group of American poets. New York School Collaborations gathers essays from a diverse group of scholars on the alliances and artistic co-productions of New York School poets, painters, musicians, and film-makers. Editor(s): Silverberg, Mark. Series: Modern and Contemporary Poetry and Poetics. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137280565
- ISBN
- 9781137280565
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Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Hardcover. This book is the first English language critical anthology to examine Latin American science fiction in its entirety. Editor(s): Ginway, M. Elizabeth; Brown, J. Andrew. Num Pages: 241 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; DQ; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137281227
- ISBN
- 9781137281227
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.66
€ 127.66
Hardcover. Oprah Winfrey has long promoted black issues by being involved as a producer or actor in the adaptation of works by African American writers for film. This volume evaluates Winfrey's involvement in the visual interpretation of African American literary texts using film, music, black masculinity, black feminist, and cultural theory. Editor(s): Green, Tara T. Num Pages: 193 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; APFB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137282453
- ISBN
- 9781137282453
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.49
€ 66.49
Hardcover. This collection uses Theodore Roosevelt to form a fresh approach to the history of US and European relations, arguing that the best place to look for the origins of the modern transatlantic relationship is in Roosevelt's life and career. Editor(s): Krabbendam, Hans; Thompson, John M. Series: The World of the Roosevelt's. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; HBJD; HBJK; HBLW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 222 x 21. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137286482
- ISBN
- 9781137286482
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.64
€ 66.64
Hardcover. The political economy landscape has shifted as multinational corporations increase their investment efforts, changing the geographies of extraction. The contributors make the argument for the need of new theoretical perspectives anchored in critical political economy to address structural dynamics in the global industry. Editor(s): Singh, Jewellord Nem; Bourgouin, France. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; 1H; 1KL; GTF; JPSL; KCL; KCP; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 136 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137286789
- ISBN
- 9781137286789
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.09
€ 67.09
Hardcover. Contributors argue that the last hundred years have seen the way Europe imagines Natives shifting from exoticism to outright fantasy, mirroring the changing European perception of America itself. Editor(s): Mackay, James; Stirrup, David. Series: Studies in European Culture and History. Num Pages: 265 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JMC; HBJK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137288813
- ISBN
- 9781137288813
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.09
€ 67.09
Hardcover. This volume moves beyond Cold War deterrence theory to show the many ways in which deterrence is applicable to contemporary security: in space, in cyberspace, and against non-state actors. It also examines the role of nuclear deterrence in the twenty-first century and reaches surprising conclusions. Editor(s): Lowther, Adam B. Num Pages: 259 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JP; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 23. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137289797
- ISBN
- 9781137289797
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.97
€ 66.97
Hardcover. Islamophobia in America offers new perspectives on prejudice against Muslims, which has become increasingly widespread in the USA in the past decade. The contributors document the history of anti-Islamic sentiment in American culture, the scope of organized anti-Muslim propaganda, and the institutionalization of this kind of intolerance. Editor(s): Ernst, Carl W. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRAM9; HRH; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137290069
- ISBN
- 9781137290069
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.34
€ 66.34
Hardcover. A collection of essays that explores magical realism as a momentary interruption of realism in US ethnic literature, showing how these moments of magic realism serve to memorialize, address, and redress traumatic ethnic histories. Editor(s): Sandin, Lyn di Iorio; Perez, Richard. Num Pages: 289 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137293299
- ISBN
- 9781137293299
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.27
€ 117.27
Hardcover. Adding nuance to a global debate, esteemed scholars from Europe and North and Latin America portray the attempts in Chicano literature to provide answers to the environmental crisis. Diverse ecocritical perspectives add new meaning to the novels, short stories, drama, poetry, films, and documentaries analyzed in this timely and engaged collection. Editor(s): Martin-Junquera, Imelda. Num Pages: 249 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; 2AB; 2ADS; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137293602
- ISBN
- 9781137293602
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.64
€ 66.64